The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson
Chapter 65

Chapter 65

"What? What the hell are you talking about? Roger demanded to know, his eyebrows furrowing.

[I was the one who saved your life when they kidnapped you. The car we were in crashed.] Deborah explained calmly.

"What... that's a lie."

[Why would I lie to you?]

"Because by telling me this, you think I'll feel guilty and come back to you because I'll owe you something. But I won't."

[I never did it for that reason.]

"No? Then what was the reason?"

[I saved you because we were friends, and I liked you.]

"Wow, that's rich. I never had a mute friend."

[That's because I lost my voice as a child. I wasn't born mute.] Deborah said, annoyed.

"Enough. Your poor excuses mean nothing to me. You're coming back home with me,

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Roger said, grabbing her wrist forcefully.

Deborah struggled to free herself, anxious because she had no way to call for help and didn't want to return to that place.

"Ah..." Deborah tried to force herself to shout but only felt the strain on her throat as she attempted to produce any sound.

"Stop resisting and-"Roger began to say, but then received a punch in the face. He immediately released Deborah.

"Let go of my girlfriend!" Deborah saw Jayden, visibly agitated with his fists. clenched.

"Deborah, are you okay?" Eric had arrived, putting his arm around her shoulder protectively while pulling her away from Roger. "Call security!" "You..." Roger gritted his teeth as he wiped the blood from his broken nose.

"Peterson, I don't know what you're doing in my company, but I'm going to teach

you to never touch my girl again," Jayden sald angrily.

"Oh yeah? Let's see you try," Roger said angrily, approaching Jayden.

Jayden was ready to respond to the provocation with another punch, but both were stopped by the company's security.

"Calm down, boss," the guards urged Jayden.

"Let me go, let me smash this animal's face!" Jayden shouted furiously, struggling to break free.

"Jayden, calm down, please," Eric pleaded in distress because he didn't want his son to fight. He also hugged Deborah, who looked scared.

The security didn't hesitate to escort Roger out and warn him not to return or approach the company again, as they would call the police next time.

"Debbie..." Jayden ran to embrace her, noticing that she immediately hid her face in his chest, trembling slightly.

Deborah was very frightened, expecting Roger to hit or push her to the ground. But luckily nothing happened. Still, she cursed herself for not having the strength to defend herself or ask for help.

"Let's take her home," Eric suggested, seeing how frightened Deborah looked.

"Yeah, come on, my love," Jayden said, carrying her princess-style towards the car to head back home.

Meanwhile, Roger was furious about what had just happened, recalling how things had ended up like this.

He had been walking back home after his car broke down when he spotted Deborah standing near the entrance of a large building. An idea struck him to threaten her, so she wouldn't complain to the authorities about unpaid child support. However, that idea vanished when jealousy overtook him upon seeing her smile. It dawned on him that she had a beautiful smile, one he had never seen in all their years of marriage. Driven by jealousy, he approached her to compel her to come back to him.

Unfortunately, a friendly punch brought him back to reality, realizing that Jayden had stolen his mute wife. What angered him most wasn't that she was happy with someone else, but the fact that she revealed it was she who had saved him in their childhood.

Why had she said that? This declaration infuriated him because Deborah had never

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lied to him before. So, why now? And if she was telling the truth... then had Sophia

lied to him?

He arrived home with these doubts still swirling in his head. To his misfortune, those questions disappeared from his mind upon reaching the apartment door as he heard women shouting. He sighed heavily. He loved his mother, but he was getting tired of having her around all day and constantly coming home to complaints about Sophia. He needed to replace a way for them to reconcile, or he would have to ask his mother to leave because he couldn't stand any more fights.

As he opened the door, the shouting escalated, making him feel like he was trapped in a damn routine. Now, Sophia was clinging to him with tears in her eyes, while his mother looked upset, also on the verge of tears.

"And what happened now?" he asked tiredly.

"It's just that she..." Both women began explaining at the same time, sparking a

new argument.

"Shut up!" Roger yelled when they wouldn't stop arguing. He couldn't even understand what they were saying.

"Darling..." Sophia was startled, pulling away from him.

"Roger, it's just that she..."

"Enough! I don't want to hear any more complaints from you, and-"

"Oh, look who's here!" The argument stopped as they noticed a man standing under the open doorframe.

"Who are you? Get out of my house," Roger ordered, approaching the person.

"Let me just give you a friendly reminder that this is a rented apartment. And I'm here to serve t

this eviction notice," said the man holding an eviction notice.

"What?! No... wait..." Roger shouted when he took the piece of paper and gave it a read. He immediately dropped it and chased after the man. But he couldn't catch up as the man had gotten into the elevator which closed before Roger reached. "Damn it," Roger muttered, hitting the doors.

"Roger?" Sophia called out, concerned. He returned to hug her before they entered the apartment together.

Isabelle reached for the paper and her hands started to tremble as she scanned the notice. She was horrified to replace they were given only 24 hours to vacate the

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apartment.

"What do we do, Roger?" she asked, her voice tinged with anguish as she placed the paper back on the table.

"Wait... this place is rented?" Sophia snatched the paper and read it herself.

"Yes, because I never intended to buy a place to live with Deborah," Roger said.

"Are you kidding me? Why are they kicking us out? Haven't you paid the rent?" Sophia retorted, her frustration evident.

"If you read carefully, Sophia, they didn't give a reason," Isabelle interjected angrily. "We could sue them for this."

"I think they're kicking us out because of me," Roger admitted with a grimace.

"What?" Both women exclaimed in disbelief. "Why?"

"Because I got into a fight with Cooper earlier. Remember, he's the owner of this place."

"And why did you fight him?" Sophia asked, her brow furrowing.

"Because I saw Deborah happy with him, and it infuriated me," Roger confessed bitterly. Sophia clenched her fists and ground her teeth in frustration.

"What the hell? You're telling me you were jealous because of that dumb piece of shit?!"